Overall Green Forest fire in Sudan from 11 Jan 2026 00:00 UTC to 25 Jan 2026 00:00 UTC

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Forest Fire (14857 ha) in Sudan 11 Jan 2026

Event summary

This forest fire is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the burned area and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID	WF 1026924
Countries:	Sudan
Start Date - Last detection*:	11 Jan 2026 - 25 Jan 2026
Duration (days):	14
People affected:	0 in the burned area
Burned area:	14857 ha
More Info:	Global Wildfire Information System

*(Last detection of the thermal anomaly of the fire)

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Impact Timeline

ID	Score	Burned Area (ha)	Last Update	Source
1	0.5	6547	14 Jan 2026 15:00	GWIS
2	0.5	6925	15 Jan 2026 03:00	GWIS
3	0.5	7391	15 Jan 2026 07:00	GWIS
4	0.5	7525	15 Jan 2026 11:00	GWIS
5	0.5	8424	15 Jan 2026 15:00	GWIS
6	0.5	8534	16 Jan 2026 11:00	GWIS
7	0.5	8766	16 Jan 2026 15:00	GWIS
8	0.5	8804	17 Jan 2026 11:00	GWIS
9	0.5	9777	17 Jan 2026 15:00	GWIS
10	0.5	9783	17 Jan 2026 23:00	GWIS
11	0.5	10204	18 Jan 2026 11:00	GWIS
12	0.5	10657	18 Jan 2026 15:00	GWIS
13	0.5	10662	19 Jan 2026 03:00	GWIS
14	0.5	10914	19 Jan 2026 11:00	GWIS
15	0.5	11056	19 Jan 2026 19:00	GWIS
16	0.5	11131	20 Jan 2026 03:00	GWIS
17	0.5	11499	20 Jan 2026 11:00	GWIS
18	0.5	11532	20 Jan 2026 15:00	GWIS
19	0.5	11643	21 Jan 2026 03:00	GWIS
20	0.5	11674	21 Jan 2026 11:00	GWIS
21	0.5	11855	22 Jan 2026 03:00	GWIS
22	0.5	11876	22 Jan 2026 11:00	GWIS
23	0.5	12085	22 Jan 2026 15:00	GWIS
24	0.5	12125	22 Jan 2026 23:00	GWIS
25	0.5	12229	23 Jan 2026 11:00	GWIS
26	0.5	12273	24 Jan 2026 03:00	GWIS
27	0.5	12295	24 Jan 2026 15:00	GWIS
28	0.5	12372	24 Jan 2026 23:00	GWIS
29	0.5	14103	25 Jan 2026 07:00	GWIS
30	0.5	14117	25 Jan 2026 11:00	GWIS
31	0.5	14763	25 Jan 2026 15:00	GWIS
32	0.5	14857	26 Jan 2026 19:00	GWIS

Fires Joined

This event includes other close identified fires:

Exposed population

The forest fire happened in Sudan , Region of Darfur (population 3,093,699) .

Radius	Population
10 km	<1000 people
5 km	<1000 people
2 km	<1000 people
1 km	<1000 people
Burned Area	no people

Affected Provinces

Region Province	Country	Population
Darfur	Sudan	3.1 million people

Affected populated places

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Critical infrastructure

Airports, ports, nuclear plants and hydrodams at risk, if affected, are listed below.

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Dams

Nuclear plants

More information

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